Life as a Bober: Road Trip

Cade made his first trip up north over Labor Day weekend. I spent all of Thursday packing for Cade, myself and the dogs. Plus the home health nurse came with last minute notice to check out Cade. Apparently, they had it planned but didn't bother to tell me until 30 minutes before she came. It added a little more stress to my day but Cade was doing really well. Up a couple of oz from Tues. Then Sean got home from work, we ate dinner and gave Cade a bottle and were on the road by 6:45 pm. We made it to the cabin by 9:15 without much of a peep from Cade. He likes to sleep while in the car. Thank God for that. My parents were already at the cabin and excited to spend a few days with us. Cade slept well in the pack and play. Friday was my birthday. I am now the big 33. The day was very low key. We saw my aunt Jan, Uncle Getz and aunt Diana who all came to see Cade. Then we had a wonderful birthday dinner with grilled venison and cheesecake. Yum. Marcy and Lola (her dog) made it up by 9:00 pm. It was just the Southerton-Bobers for Friday night so the count was 6 people and 4 dogs. On Sat, Cade got his first bath at the cabin and my aunt Susan, uncle Jerry, cousin Erin and her kids Noah and Ellie made it to the cabin by 12:00 pm (count 11 people, 5 dogs). Erin's husband Jim was volunteering at the RNC and didn't come until late Sat night. My cousin Tracy and her boyfriend Chris also made it in time for lunch making the count 13 people and 7 dogs. We spent the day playing with the kids and then Sean, Cade and I went into Proctor to see our friends Kathy and Eric and Fran and Pete and their girls Tricia and Erin. Kathy and Fran hadn't seen Cade since May so he had changed alot. The rest hadn't met Cade yet. We had a such a good time and Fran made some very tasty chocolate birthday cake. Yum again. We didn't make it back to the cabin until after midnight but Cade did very well with the visit and the driving. On Sunday, we stayed at the cabin until after lunch and then made the trip to Chisholm to see Phil and great-grandma Katherine and great-grandpa Andrew. Grandma was thrilled to see Cade. We sat down to an another wonderful meal and visited. On Monday, we went to lunch with Phil and grandma and came back for one last visit with grandma and grandpa. We didn't get on the road until 5:00 pm but then we missed all of the traffic. It took us 4.5 hours to get home with a stop in Cloquet to feed all of us. It was a long busy weekend but was also very relaxing and fun. The only bad thing is that Cade now had a stuffed up nose. So far, it's staying in his nose and he hasn't gotten feverish. Hopefully,it will stay that way.

Bathtime